Tag: threat
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How does Agentic AI deliver value in SOC operations
Are Organizations Maximizing the Value of Agentic AI in SOC Operations? Where security threats evolve with alarming speed, security operations centers (SOCs) must remain at the forefront of innovation. One intriguing advancement capturing the attention of cybersecurity professionals is Agentic AI. Agentic AI offers a transformative approach to monitoring and managing non-human identities (NHIs), crucial……
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Zero-Day Threat: UAT-8837 Targets North American Infrastructure
The post Zero-Day Threat: UAT-8837 Targets North American Infrastructure appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/zero-day-threat-uat-8837-targets-north-american-infrastructure/
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Cisco finally fixes max-severity bug under active attack for weeks
This is a threat to security – and to the weekend for some unlucky netadmins First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/cisco_fixes_cve_2025_20393/
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Possible software supply chain attack through AWS CodeBuild service blunted
Developers shouldn’t expose build environments: CSOs should ensure developers don’t expose build environments, Meghu said. “Using public hosted services like GitHub is not appropriate for enterprise code management and deployment,” he added. “Having a private GitLab/GitHub, service, or even your own git repository server, should be the default for business, making this attack impossible if…
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CISA, Allies Sound Alarm on OT Network Exposure
Joint US, UK and Five Eyes Guidance Flags OT Exposure as National Risk. U.S. and allied cyber agencies issued new guidance warning that insecure operational technology connectivity – driven by remote access, third-party vendors and IT integration – remains a major threat vector, enabling cyber intrusions to escalate into physical disruptions. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Anchorage police department takes servers offline after cyberattack on service provider
The police department said there “is no evidence indicating that APD systems have been compromised or that any APD data has been acquired by the threat actor.” First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/anchorage-police-takes-servers-offline-after-third-party-attack
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Predicting 2026
In this week’s newsletter, Martin examines the evolving landscape for 2026, highlighting key threats, emerging trends like AI-driven risks, and the continued importance of addressing familiar vulnerabilities. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/predicting-2026/
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Trump Renominates Sean Plankey to Lead CISA
Former NSC Cyber Adviser Renominated to Lead CISA Amid Ongoing Senate Gridlock. The White House has renominated Sean Plankey to head CISA, reviving a stalled bid hindered by Senate holds and demands to release a report on telecom sector threats linked to China, as the agency continues to operate without a permanent director amid rising…
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2025 Threat Landscape in Review: Lessons for Businesses Moving Into 2026
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, captcha, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, credit-card, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, ddos, defense, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, google, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, leak, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, pypi, risk, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, windows2025 Threat Landscape in Review: Lessons for Businesses Moving Into 2026 andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 01/15/2026 – 16:48 Nadav Avital – Senior Director of Threat Research at Thales More About This Author > 2025 was a year that tested how businesses think about security. Some attacks happened in new, unexpected ways, while others employed old tricks, taken…
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UAT-8837 targets critical infrastructure sectors in North America
Cisco Talos is closely tracking UAT-8837, a threat actor we assess with medium confidence is a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-8837/
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4 Outdated Habits Destroying Your SOC’s MTTR in 2026
It’s 2026, yet many SOCs are still operating the way they did years ago, using tools and processes designed for a very different threat landscape. Given the growth in volumes and complexity of cyber threats, outdated practices no longer fully support analysts’ needs, staggering investigations and incident response.Below are four limiting habits that may be…
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News alert: SpyCloud unveils supply chain security tool that detects compromised vendors’ employees
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 14, 2026, CyberNewsWire, SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today announced the launch of its Supply Chain Threat Protection solution, an advanced layer of defense that expands identity threat protection across the extended workforce,… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/news-alert-spycloud-unveils-supply-chain-security-tool-that-detects-compromised-vendors-employees/
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Predator-Spyware gefährlicher als gedacht
Bereits Ende 2024 veröffentlichte die Google Threat Intelligence Group erste Ergebnisse zu der Spyware Predator, die der Intellexa Alliance zugerechnet wird. Aufbauend auf diesen Erkenntnissen hat das Threat Labs Team von Jamf eigene Analysen durchgeführt First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/predator-spyware
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From typos to takeovers: Inside the industrialization of npm supply chain attacks
Tags: access, application-security, attack, automation, backdoor, blockchain, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, github, gitlab, malicious, malware, phishing, radius, risk, supply-chain, threat, update, wormFrom typo traps to legitimate backdoors: For years, typosquatting defined the npm threat model. Attackers published packages with names just close enough to popular libraries, such as “lodsash,” “expres,” “reacts,” and waited for automation or human error to do the rest. The impact was usually limited, and remediation straightforward.That model began to break in 2025.Instead…
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Ransomware gangs extort victims by citing compliance violations
Tags: ai, attack, breach, compliance, data, data-breach, extortion, group, ransomware, regulation, threat, toolAI amplifies attacks: Hild points to another problem: “AI-powered tools dramatically accelerate these attacks. Criminals can now screen stolen documents for ‘material’ compliance violations within hours of a data breach, faster and more accurately than many companies can audit their own systems.”The SailPoint specialist explains: “They create detailed, legally sound complaints for authorities and set…
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Microsoft, Law Enforcement Disrupt RedVDS Global Cybercrime Service
Microsoft and law enforcement agencies in Europe disrupted the operations of RedVDS, a global cybercrime service that sold cheap and disposable dedicated virtual servers to threat actors that used them to run BEC, phishing, and other fraud campaigns. The vendor now wants to shut down its payment networks and find the operators behind it. First…
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Can Agentic AI keep your data protection strategies ahead
How Can Advanced AI Strategies Transform Data Protection? How do organizations ensure that their data protection strategies remain cutting-edge and resilient against evolving threats? For many cybersecurity professionals, the key lies in harnessing the potential of Agentic AI. Advanced AI technologies have become pivotal in fortifying data protection strategies, especially in complex environments characterized by……
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Can Agentic AI keep your data protection strategies ahead
How Can Advanced AI Strategies Transform Data Protection? How do organizations ensure that their data protection strategies remain cutting-edge and resilient against evolving threats? For many cybersecurity professionals, the key lies in harnessing the potential of Agentic AI. Advanced AI technologies have become pivotal in fortifying data protection strategies, especially in complex environments characterized by……
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Sophisticated VoidLink malware framework targets Linux cloud servers
Cloud reconnaissance and adaptability: The malware was designed to detect whether it’s being executed on various cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba, and Tencent and then to start leveraging those vendors’ management APIs. The code suggests the developers plan to add detections for Huawei, DigitalOcean, and Vultr in the future.The malware collects extensive…
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CVE-2025-64155: Exploit Code Released for Critical Fortinet FortiSIEM Command Injection Vulnerability
Tags: access, advisory, attack, authentication, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, fortinet, infrastructure, injection, kev, mitigation, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayExploit code has been published for CVE-2025-64155, a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiSIEM devices. Key takeaways: CVE-2025-64155 is a critical operating system (OS) command injection vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiSIEM. Fortinet vulnerabilities have historically been common targets for cyber attackers, with 23 Fortinet CVEs currently on the CISA KEV list. Public exploit code has…
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Seraphic Acquisition Arms CrowdStrike for AI Browser Threats
$420M Deal Enables Web Detection and Response, Secures AI-Driven Browser Activity. CrowdStrike is bolstering its Falcon platform with browser-native web detection and response by acquiring Seraphic for $420 million. The technology helps protect AI workflows by securing any browser against data leakage, session hijacking and other web-based threats. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Iran’s partial internet shutdown may be a windfall for cybersecurity intel
only available launchpads. A connection from the Ministry of Agriculture might not be a farmer. It’s likely a tunnel for a state actor who needs an exit node.”Ranjbar said the removal of the traffic from millions of routine Iranian business and residential users allows a powerful visibility into Iranian government traffic patterns, thereby allowing SOCs…
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North Korean Hackers Exploit Code Repositories in “Contagious Interview” Campaign
A newly documented campaign dubbed “Contagious Interview” shows North Korean threat actors weaponising developer tooling and code-repository workflows to steal credentials, cryptocurrency wallets and establish remote access even when victims never “run” the code they are sent. In a recent case analysed by SEAL, a malicious Bitbucket repository (hxxps://bitbucket[.]org/0xmvptechlab/ctrading) was delivered as a take”‘home technical…
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‘VoidLink’ Malware Poses Advanced Threat to Linux Systems
Researchers discovered a modular, cloud-first framework that is feature-rich and designed to maintain stealthy, long-term access to Linux environments. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/voidlink-malware-advanced-threat-linux-systems
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PLUGGYAPE Malware Uses Signal and WhatsApp to Target Ukrainian Defense Forces
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of new cyber attacks targeting its defense forces with malware known as PLUGGYAPE between October and December 2025.The activity has been attributed with medium confidence to a Russian hacking group tracked as Void Blizzard (aka Laundry Bear or UAC-0190). The threat actor is believed…
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Threat Actor Teases Source Code for Sale After Hack of Target Systems
Hackers posted online what they said were samples of about 860 GB of internal source code, developer documentation, and other data taken from systems of giant U.S. retailer Target and is reportedly offering to sell the stolen information. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/threat-actor-teases-source-code-for-sale-after-hack-of-target-systems/
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SpyCloud Launches Supply Chain Solution to Combat Rising Third-Party Identity Threats
Austin, TX / USA, 14th January 2026, CyberNewsWire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/spycloud-launches-supply-chain-solution-to-combat-rising-third-party-identity-threats/
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DORA penetration testing and threat-led exercises explained
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) introduces a unified framework for managing ICT risk across the European financial sector, with key requirements, including penetration testing, coming into force in 2026. Its aim is to ensure that regulated organisations, and the critical third-party providers they rely on, can withstand, respond to and recover from operational disruptions.”¦…